Middle East on fire

Originally posted by mmiichael
Iran seems to get it's kicks playing chicken with the rest of the world. So the natural assumption is this is just more of the same.

Watching every world leader get on their knees to beg them to halt their nuclear program, watching ships and planes move back and forth every time
they utter a veiled threat. Seeing Israel go into convulsion every time they drop a hint. Making the American Iraqi campaign degenerate into
chaos.

It's hard to gauge the effectiveness of the mighty Islamic
Persian forces. Much smaller Iraqi forces kept them at bey for years. Their super-duper Revolutionary Guard 100 man task force got wiped out in
Gaza. They howl about violations of their air space but their air force never responds.

Too early to tell how they're doing against the Saudis in Yemen.

But hard not to draw skeptical conclusions from their past performances.

I wonder if the Ethiopian plane crashing is linked to anything going on in the middle-east... the french ambassador's wife was onboard... Either a
message to France... or a mistake... or an ordinary crash. This whole thing only a coincidence? Maybe... but the odds are pretty much against it but
it's an Ethiopian plane after all... so the quality... We'll see..

You have a message. From : Israel. To : France. Don't side with Lebanon or we kill your wife's ambassador.

Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said on Sunday that while Israel faced military threats from all sides, it has strategically
chosen to make every effort to avoid entering in armed conflict with its enemies.
Vilnai said that Israel had its eyes on Hizbullah, which it believes is rearming in violation of U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.

Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Sunday told U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams that Israel viewed the alleged
flow of weapons from Iran and Syria to Hizbullah as the greatest threat to the northern border.

Israeli media said Ayalon warned Williams that Hizbullah fighters were training in Syria and the Shiite party was receiving supplies of advanced
antiaircraft missile systems.

The Israeli official also told Williams that Hizbullah fighters were testing surface-to-surface missile systems in Syria.

He also asked that the next U.N. report on Lebanon mention the training of Hizbullah militants and their rearmament, as well as other serious cases in
which Hizbullah weapons were discovered in the country.

Big accusations there... Anyway, this just confirms that Israel, in the event of another war, will go all in and probably invade Syria... at minimum
they will level Damascus...which may ``force`` syrians to go all in against Israel and launch every chemical/biological missiles they have. And IMO if
it happens, Israel will use nukes. Yeah I know about he fallout, but they were about to use them in 73 against Egypt and Syria and in 91 against
Saddam, just for a few scuds...but chemical ones.

If you have followed the war propaganda against Iran since 2006, you know that they claim that the ``bunker buster nukes are safe for
civilians``...which is why they wouldn't mind using nukes...if they believe their own BS, that is.

And claiming that Lebanon could be a new Kursk is totally possible...But Israel probably thinks air dominance will change everything... as they did in
2006...if they still believe in this, they'll suffer massive casualties.

The only wild card into this is false-flags and independent groups who want trouble. Not to mentions the russians in Syria... If war does break out, I
HOPE TO GOD ISRAEL DOESN'T KILL RUSSIANS or it's gonna be a big freaking mess.

And an interesting article saying that Hezbollah will start the war by getting revenge for their leader assassination in 2008.

Israelis brace for Hezbollah's revenge
Me thinks that if Hezbollah gets revenge, Israel will claim it is ground for an offensive... We'll see, but the next few weeks are dangerous. If we
are able to reach april 1 without any war, I think we'll be safe for a few more months at the very least.

People place your bets, get your popcorn, the apocolypse is coming,
we can see tension building between china and the US after the exposure that
the USA has been responsible for the apparent cyber attacks 'from iran'
and has publically blamed the US for this.

Hilary Clinton is playing this down, but we are seeing russia possibly switching sides again.

There is even the possibility that Russia is only playing along as to find out future plans on Iran.

Hezbollah has re-armed, is now 100x stronger than the 2006 war, has more men, has better training, better weapons, and has access to russian
intelligence via a naval base and spy outpost in Syria.

They have now found weaknesses in the IDF, and they know everything about the IDF.

Nasrallah making his little speech praising state presence and international assistance... of course the US medias won't report about this since
it's against their propaganda line that Nasrallah is nothing but a hardcore terrorist baby eater.

Israeli President Shimon Peres has accused Iran of destabilizing Lebanon and said Hizbullah's arms are a danger to Lebanon not just the Jewish
state.[...] Speaking after talks with Peres, Merkel said that the theme of sanctions would be tackled next month when France holds the rotating chair
of the U.N. Security Council. "I think February will be the crucial month," Merkel said.

Paris has rejected a request to provide the Lebanese army with French-made anti-aircraft missiles, a French military expert told Le Figaro
newspaper.
The French source said the Lebanese military is seeking to arm itself with anti-aircraft equipment to confront continuous Israeli violations of
Lebanese airspace in contravention of U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.

Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday that Tehran is "proud" of supporting Hizbullah and Hamas adding that U.S. President
Barack Obama has "failed in his policy on the Palestinian cause."

Larijani also told a news conference in Kuwait that Arab states in the Gulf should not allow the U.S. to launch attacks on the Islamic republic from
bases in the region.

Mounting Arab-Israeli tensions over Jerusalem, Israel's refusal to halt settlement building in the West Bank and a general sense of
frustration at the continued failure of the peace process has raised fears of a new third Palestinian intifada, or uprising.

Yet it's still all the big old muslim terrorists fault... I mean, palestinians have GOT to accept living like prisonners otherwise they are just a
bunch of terrorists!

The Israeli army develops something really cool... Israeli soldiers get odour-free socks
Finally something useful to humanity and not to war! [sarcasm]I say this invention alone is worth the billions we give them! [/sarcasm]

I am positive i read somewhere that Germany has recently sold a nuclear
sub to Israel but i cant seem to find the source now, if anyone else has
it post it..

Also i find this news may have some relation to what is going on,
looks like Britain wants to start preparing for something, Maybe...

UK Troop Death Rates 'Could Rise Markedly'

The document points out that defense spending has increased by 10% in real terms over the past decade but predicts the cost of equipment alone
will rocket by 80% in the next 10 years. And it is not only hardware that will have to develop; the type of soldiers recruited and the way they are
trained will also have to change, according to the discussion paper. There will be more use of reservists in front-line roles and changes to pay
and conditions to attract the best personnel.

Has anyone considered the possibility that neither the Israeli government nor the Iranian government are pushing for this conflict to escalate? There
are dire consequences awaiting both governments if they decide to launch large-scale military strikes on the other nation.

Now, who would truly benefit from such a conflict? Probably those not directly involved in the actual fighting but rather pulling the strings and
telling the puppets and their followers to eradicate the other.

The potential for a large-scale Holy War between Islam vs. Christianity vs. Judaism is not something to be taken lightly. WW3 could very well be the
War that ends all Wars - and all life for that matter too...

3:40pm Israeli commandos kidnapped a Lebanese shepherd, identified as 17-year-old Rabii Zahra, as he was tending a herd of sheep near Kfar
Shouba inside Lebanese territory. Zahra was taken to the Israeli military position of Zibdin.¸

When Hezbollah ``kidnaps`` an Israeli, it's all big news here... but when it's a lebanese...no big deal...

We'll see what happens...in a few hours, the iranian revolution holiday starts... this could be the start of the Israeli operations just to give the
iranians a big finger...

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